Masha Radzinsky, Bushwick City FarmMasha Radzinsky walked passed an empty lot on in Bushwick coming from the subway on her way home from work every day. “One day I just decided, it sure would be nice to turn it into a garden,” she s...

Alana Sweeny, Police Athletic LeagueAlana Sweeny was recently chosen to be the new Queens director of the Police Athletic League (PAL), making her the organization’s first female executive director since its founding in 1914. Sweeny ...

Reverend Ben McKelahanLutheran Reverend Ben McKelahan has a plan to take the North Brooklyn art scene by storm – through the church. He arrived in Brooklyn on December 1 after going to seminary in Berkeley, California. ...

Anthony Soriano, Music TherapistAnthony Soriano loves his job as music therapist at Atria Senior Living in Kew Gardens. In fact, he doesn't view it as work. There, Soriano, known affectionately as Tony by residents, brings smiles...

Jacob Ganz, Odradek's Coffee HouseAfter a Kew Gardens cafe was struggling to make ends meet, Jake Ganz decided to follow his business hunch and make a move. He met with the previous owner of the space – located right next to the Lo...

Pudge Fernandez, Producer/ComedianPudge Fernandez, an Elmhurst born-and-bred comedian and one of three independent comedy producers in Queens, has been putting on shows for the last three years all across the borough. From Forest H...

Anandi Premlall, Community activistIf anyone is paying attention to the news in South Queens, one hot button issue is the prospect of a Queens Greenway at the abandoned LIRR tracks running along Woodhaven Boulevard, much like Manhat...

Tiger Woods, trying to recapture the form that won 14 major titles, says he made "big strides" in reviving his game at the PGA Quicken Loans National despite a failed Sunday charge. Tournament host Woods birdied five of the first 10 holes, including a 42-foot birdie putt at the par-3 ninth, but then made bogeys on three of the next four holes. The 39-year-old American answered with an eight-foot birdie putt at 17 but settled for a three-under par 68 final round to finish on eight-under 276 -- his lowest 72-hole score in relation to par at a PGA event since the 2013 BMW Championship.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After more than a week of weightlifting, horseback riding, swimming, soccer matches and dozens of other competitions, 6,500 athletes from 165 countries braced themselves Sunday for perhaps the most emotional Special Olympics World Games event on their schedule — saying goodbye to a city that has embraced them.